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According to “Conflict of Evidence” written by an English writer, “after 1857, twelve persons of Tatya Tope’s family, including his father were kept in Gwalior Fort pending investigations into their intecedents. His mother Rukmini Bai and his sister Durga were among the prisoners. They were found to be innocent and were released. Ttatya Tope’s father and members of his family there upon came to Bithoor to settle there. Due to financial difficulties the family broke up; three bothers went away to Nepal. Another brother of Tatya Tope, Ramkrishna Panduran reached Baroda in search on employment. There he met the maharaja and said that he was the brother of Tatya Tope and wanted employment. The manahara apprehending trouble with the government, put the man before the Assistant Resident who took a written statement from him.

Of the questions the officers asked, one was, where is Tatya Tope these days? This was in 1862.

INAURURAL SPEECH at Press Club of India, New Delhi on 13th April 2011, Vaishakhi - 92-year after the Jallianwala Bagh massacre) Esteemed ladiesand gentlemen , It is a pleasureand indeed a privilege tobe a part of this book launch function. Today is the 92nd anniversary of the bloody Vaishakhi day of April 13, 1919 which was awatershed day in India's history. Hundreds of peaceful demonstrators including men, womenand children - were massacred by the British imperialistic forces under General MichaelO’Dwyer at Jalianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab. Those killed were largely the faceless people who had nurtured a dream of Freedom for the motherland. It was twenty years later that their brutal murder was avenged by an inspired young man, Udham Singh, who killed Michael O’Dwyer and in the bargain, attained martyrdom. Tragically, his selfless sacrifice for the cause of the country's freedom went unsung and as India got freedom, he sadly got confined to the dusty pages of history. It is ind…

New Delhi, July 23 (UNI) : Shehnai maestro late Ustad Bismillah Khan was not destined to fulfil his lifetime desire to play the instrument at the historic India Gate but his name will be enshrined in the minds of children with his life and art becoming part of the curriculum for Class IX students.

While performing at a cultural programme in Delhi three years ago, the maestro said '' When I sing the bhajan 'Raghupati Raghav Rajaram', it gives me tremendous satisfaction to know that at least some of the children will remember the 'old man' for the song''.

That dream has now been realised with the NCERT including a chapter on the Ustad in the Class IX syllabi.On India's first Republic Day, Bismillah Khan enthralled audiences with a sterling performance from the ramparts of the Red Fort.

The legendary musician has been an inspiration for the world and thus the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCE…